O Melhor e o Mais Difícil :: The Best and the Most Difficult
O Melhor do Meu Dia :: The Best of My Day
Jardim Primaveril :: Spring Garden
De Volta à NZ :: Back in NZ
Em Ponto Pequeno :: Small Scale Objects
Ever since I was a child I’ve enjoyed real working toys. Irons that get hot, vacuum cleaners that work, and so on (potentially dangerous, I know). I’ve now realised that I truly enjoy small scale objects. At my grandmother’s there’s a mini washing tub, a mini ironing board, a mini electric iron, a mini porcelain tea set — things that have been played with for decades and which still fascinate me. During the summer holidays I used to go along with my granny to the fish market and I’d carry a basket similar my granny’s, only smaller, and the fish lady would place a little sole inside it. That used to make my day!
Now that I’m in Portugal I’ve been searching through every market, old grocery stall and kitchen shop for little kitchen objects. The simpler, the better. Enamel pots, aluminum pans, a traditional olive oil container just like the one we’ve got in our kitchen, an old fashioned milk boiler, a coffee maker, a couple of strainers… only the wooden board and dough roller are meant to be toys — everything else is “for real”.
I’ve amassed quite a collection, which has been divided between Rodrigo and his twin cousins who’ve just turned one. The twins got their kitchen kit inside that basket in the last picture. Don’t you think it was a nice present?
(photos: © Constança Cabral)
Avós :: Grannies
(photos: © Constança Cabral)
Tecidos :: Fabrics
Jogo da Memória de Pano :: Fabric Memory Game
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